Technology Report - A Plan to Fight Cyber Threats

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VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. The States has announced a plan to fight the growing from cyber spies and Internet attackers known as hackers. States Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department fighting back aggressively. He says the department is working states and federal agencies to bring to justice those in online theft and espionage. Mr. Holder called for cooperation with private businesses. He also noted the need protect trade secrets. The attorney general said a single secret can be worth millions of dollars. Stolen trade , he said, hurt businesses, jobs and economic competitiveness. The policy calls for fines and trade action against individuals countries that target US.. trade secrets. The plan was the day after the American information security company Mandiant its investigation of cyber-attacks-. It reported that more than companies have been attacked since 2006. The targets include of the biggest companies in the United States such Apple, Facebook, Lockheed Martin, and CocaCola. Mandiant says hacking in China carry out most of the attacks. They groups known as Comment Crew and Shanghai Group. Mandiant identified something called Advanced Persistent Threat 1, or APT1. says APT1 is a part of the Chinese military, People's Liberation Army. Mandiant says the Chinese government also to hack into important parts of America's infrastructure. China's Ministry denies Mandiant's accusations. It calls the report is . For VOA Learning English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from radio program broadcast 18Feb2013)

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